Whoa. Grab that polka dot bikini. Beijing transformed the 2008 Olympic pool into a slammin’ awesome water park. Isn’t it arty?

Link:  THIS IS A WHAT

Oh, snap. This piece is outrageously patterned in the most yummiest of ways.

Link:  NICHOLAS BOHAC

I don’t remember a handle-less milk carton being that high on my prioritized list of annoyances, but still — this is mad adorable.

Link:  MINNA

Joseph was playing table tennis with his toes. Now he’s collecting rejected tape! Love this guy.

Link:  JOSEPH MANN on DESIGN FOR MANKIND

Amy Layton is a member of the creepy cool crowd, too. I just inducted her. I even waived the annual dues.

Link:  AMY LAYTON

p.s. I found Amy through Twitter (thanks, Nicole!), which is where you can find ME. All the live long day.

… Margaret’s super-sized crochet hook — whittled by hand!

Link:  RESURRECTION FERN

Now that’s what I’d call fancy footwork. Ha! A Monday pun!

Link:  HAROSHI

Someday I, too, will make art from a paint-splattered balloon and other miscellaneous objects.

Until then, Peter will remain King of Random.

Link:  PETER NENCINI

How charming, yes? I suppose it would be even more charming if boys actually carried handkerchiefs these days.

Editor’s Note: Maybe not. Because handkerchiefs always sort of grossed me out.

Link:  HICKOREE’S HARD GOODS

In life, there’s cool. And then there’s creepy cool.* Let me define the two for you:

Cool was the quarterback of your high school’s football team.
Creepy cool was your lab partner that started at you intently and wore a Styx tee and brown cardigan.

Olaf Hajek is a creepy cool artist. Which, from me, is pretty much the highest compliment EVER.

*Well, and then, of course, there’s just creepy.

Link:  JOHANSSEN GALLERY